Within the last few years, the chemist has developed a new kind of soap. Starting with ordinary vegetable and animal oils, the chemist now makes fatty alcohols which, in combination with sulfuric acid and other chemicals gives a new class of...

Also referred to as: Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Station; 1174 East Commerce Street; Architect: Daniel J. Patterson; Date built: 1903; On back: "The Sunset Depot is th finest structure of its kind in the West. It was built by the Southern...

Text from back of image: "Successful tests were conducted recently at the Farborough Experimental Station, Hampshire, England, with a new land catapult, the only device of its kind in the world. A giant bombing plane, weighing nine tons was...

Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...

Resurfacing material is made by mixing neoprene latex with a special kind of water setting cement and an aggregate of finely crushed stone. Man with brush is applying a prime coat of neoprene latex to secure a tight bond to the old concrete....

Text from back of image: "Senior and post-graduate students of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics entered the Fairchild-Caminez contest for the best design of a training plane designed around the Fairchild-Caminez 'cam' type of engine,...

This family was sent back to the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance to California, it was only after they had wired back to Arkansas to borrow $50 cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter. The fact that their...

Table of Contents: Figuratively speaking; How's this for a bright idea, Mr. Edison; I think I can, I think I can; Bergquist inside; There's a kind of hush; Emergency room drama with a happy ending; Taking a ride on the safe side; Morningglory,...

Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...

Text from back of image: "Seeking to learn the cause of the crash of a United Airlines plane near Newhall, California, a week ago, in which 12 persons met instant death, federal officials, opened the first inquiry of its kind at United Air...

Smithtown PA- Meet 52 year old Victor Pegoris, bituminous coal miner- a superman who hasn’t taken a day off this century since January 1, 1940 and has a letter from his boss, President of Pittsburgh Coal Company to prove it. Victor is a 186 lb keg...

Air freight handled by the 16 scheduled trunk airlines during the first six months of this year was up an estimated 156 percent over the same period in 1947, a total of 30,723,010 freight ton miles as compared with 11,984,214. This trailer-truck,...

Typed caption: The caftan is bringing new freedom to fashion--as well it should. It's the kind go shape almost any woman can wear and look her loveliest. This one by Maurice Antaya is in a sea foam colored jersey of 'Qiana' nylon zapped with a band...

The same kind of work planning which makes jobs easier in DuPont plants also reduces fatigue in DuPont households. Dave Gillon, of the company's Chambers Works, registered for the stroboscopic camera the motions he used in pounding a hoop around...

Text from image: "Which Bridge Do You Want? American labor can either build a bridge of ships to help Pershing's army or it can permit enemy agitators to stretch the hyphen of disloyalty as a bridge to aid our enemies. Co-operation and vigorous...